Improvement in clothes-wringers



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F WAY cLoTHEs WRINGERS. No. 181,505. Patented A11-@22. 187e.

INJENTDF- WI E E =v /Zmy/ .'Uivrrnn STATES- PATEN'r 'IOFIFICE.'

FRANCIS WAY, oF sPRrNeF'IELnoHIo.

IMPROVEMENT' N cLo'iHs-WRINGERS.

speise-.aion formingpart of Letters Patent No. 181,505, dated August 2v2, 1876 appncationniea I June 16,1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .FRANCIS WAY, of

Springeld, inthe county of Clarke, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glothes-Wring ers 5 and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification,

in which- Figure l is a perspective view'of my device as arrangedl for use; and Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of the same upon line xa .of Fig. l, and show, respectively,the rollers separated and closed together.

Letters of like name and kind refer to ylike parts in each of the figures.l

The design of my invention is toincrease the efficiency, strength, and durability of the means employed for compressing'clothing between wringer-rollers; and to this end it consists in combining, with each journal of the.

In the annexed drawings, A and A represent two metal plates, which havev the form shown in Fig. l, are connected together in parallel lines by means of two cross'bars, B and B, and are attachedto or upon suitable supports O and C, as shown, .the whole forming the frame of my machine.

Within each plate A is provided aA vertical slot, a., which has transversely nearly twice the diameter of the journal'd of a pressureroller, D, and has such length as `to enable two of saidrollers, when placed within the frame with their journals contained within said slots, to' be separated vertically as far as may be required in order to pa-ss clothing between their peripheries.

Pivoted upon each journal d of the lower roller D is a lever, E, which, at its inner pivotal end, has'a hub, e. that extends outward -into and loosely iills lthe slot t transversely,

and from said hub extends outward and then downwardl in a curve, and terminates in a hook, e.

Upon each journal d of the upper roller D is pivoted a lever, F, which-is provided at its inner end with av hub, f, that corresponds to and performs the same office as the hub e, and4 from said hub yextends downward and olitward, and has itsl lower end pivoted to the lever E, just outside said hub c. v

As thus arranged, itwill be seen that the journals l and d serve as'fulcrums for the levers E and F, and that, by depressing the outer end of said lever E, said lever F, with its roller, will be drawn ,downward,so as to cause the latter tol impinge upon the lower roller, as shown by the dotted lines of Fig. 2 and the full lines 4of Fig. 3, while by revers-` ing the motion of said lever E said rolls will be separated, as seen by the fulllines' of Fig.

2 and the dotted lines of Fig. 3, during which operations nearly all of the strain is thrown upon said roller-journals, and but a trilie upon the frame.

The inner ends e and fof the levers serve as boxes'or bearings for the roller-journals, and give to the latter far greater durability and with less friction than would be possible if said journals bore directly upon the sides of the slots a and a..

The outer ends e and e' of the levers E and A E are connected together by means of an equalizer-bar, G, which is suspended from and extends between the same, while from the longitudinal center of said bar a cord, H, extends downward to and is connected with one end of a treadle, I, by means of which said parts are operated, so as to move the pressure-roll- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of June, 1876.

, FRANCIS WAY.

Witnesses:

W. A. SCOTT, RoBT. H. Foos. 

